Educational Kits

Educational Kits are an excellent resource to enable the students to touch and experience hands-on activities. These kits contain replicas of Mississippian artifacts and a teacher's handbook.

• Astronomy
  Learn how the Indians watched the stars, sun and moon, and about the legends associated with them.
• Figurines, Tablets & Effigies
  This kit can be used for show and tell or table display in the classroom. Contained within are replicas of figurines and effigy pottery. Learn what we have discovered by studying these representations made by the ancient inhabitants of Cahokia.
• Illinois Birds
  This trunk is filled with field guides, books, track and egg replicas, CD-ROMs, videos, DVDs, CDs with bird songs and calls and even bird replicas that sing! Suggested grades: PreK - 8, but can be modified for other grade levels. All items are correlated to the Illinois Learning Standards and the Illinois Early Learning Standards.
• Illinois' Fossils
  Create your own piece of history with this kit that contains replicas of fossils, books, posters and molds so you can create your own!
• Indians and the Marsh
  Contains books, posters, music CDs exploring the flora and fauna of the Illinois Wetlands.
• Lewis & Clark Journey
  Five kits: Journal Writing, Identification, Team Building, Leadership & Reading (These kits free of charge).
• Mississippian Activity
  This kit contains items representing a variety of Mississippian activities such as clothing, games, hunting and pottery.
• Mississippian House
  A miniature representation of a Mississippian house accompanied by illustrations and artifacts, which would have been associated with the house. Can be used as a tabletop display.
• People and Animals of Illinois' Past
  Books, posters, videos, games, pottery and replicas of ancient animals.

• Educational kits allow you to bring resources into the classroom.
• They are available for loan up to one week.
• They must be picked up and returned by the borrower.
• Fee: $5.00 charge for up to two kits.